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"  When it comes to styling products, less is definitely better. &amp;quot;Most people use way too much gel or mousse,&amp;quot; says Rocky Lyons, owner of Lyons Salon in Miami, Florida. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s why their hair doesn&amp;#039;t work.&amp;quot; You&amp;#039;ll have to experiment to find the right amount, he says, but a good starting point, for medium-thick, shoulder-length hair is to use 3/4 teaspoon of gel or a golf- ball-sized dollop of mousse. Adjust the amount if your hair is shorter or longer.  For volume, lift hair at the roots.  &amp;quot;You get 90 percent of fullness from the first inch of hair at the scalp,&amp;quot; says Chenzo Balsamo, owner of Chenzo &amp;amp;amp; Co. Salon in Boca Raton, Florida. Use a vent brush or extend your fingers to lift sections of hair two to three inches upward. (Ends will dry as you work your roots, and you&amp;#039;ll have more tousled body if they finish drying on their own.)  Go easy with mega-hold gels, mousses or sprays. You may think high hold levels work better for finer or straight hair, but they can weigh hair down, making it look limp and greasy. Try a light-to-medium hold product, like Dep Alcohol-Free Spray Gel Extra Shine with Light Control.  Go easy with heat styling. Limit using hot rollers and curling irons to a few times a week. After a while, they can really dry hair out, which sets you up for split-ends galore. Hold blowdryer at least six inches from hair-any closer can cause serious damage. Also, buffer the heat&amp;#039;s effects with a protective spray like Neutrogena Heat Safe or Redken Hot Sets Thermal Styling Spray, and try a weekly deep-conditioning treatment (like L&amp;#039;Oreal Hydravive Performance Deep Hydrating Masque or Salon Selectives Deep Replenishing Treatment) to restore softness and shine.  Deep-clean weekly. If you use lots of styling products, swim a lot or use hard water to wash your hair, (it can leave dulling mineral deposits on your hair), then use a clarifying shampoo once a week to get rid of hair-dulling buildup. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like giving hair a facial once a week,&amp;quot; says Rocky Lyons. Try: Origins No Deposit Shampoo or Clairol Herbal Essence Clarifying Shampoo. Or, make your own buildup banishing rinse: Mix 1/4 cup of white vinegar with two liters of warm water. Pour it through wet hair, then shampoo.  Have an easy backup style for bad hair days. We all know what can almost guarantee blah hair: Rain and sticky humidity. Instead of making a go at your usual style, then loading on tons of products to try to make it stay the way you want it, have an easy backup style. Practice a pretty French twist or a simple ballerina-like chignon (wrap a ponytail around its base and tuck the ends under the elastic or secure them with bobby pins). Or, splurge on a cool barrette for a chic ponytail. You&amp;#039;ll save yourself a lot of grief.  Air-dry hair 70 percent, then finish with a blowdryer. This is the secret to silky, soft volume, not flat-o-lah or frizzed-out locks. A common goof is blowdrying hair half way then letting it air-dry. That&amp;#039;s how you get frizz. Another mistake is blowdrying sopping wet hair till it&amp;#039;s parched, which zaps all its body and leaves it flat. (The exception is curly hair, which looks best when it air-dries completely. If you&amp;#039;re in a rush, use a diffuser attachment-it won&amp;#039;t blast hair all around and break up your curls. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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